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    The London Pie

    By Katie Steckles. Posted July 23, 2012

    EDF Energy, one of the pantheon of Olympics sponsors, has opted to share its love for energy through its ‘Energy of the Nation’ project, launched earlier this week. By monitoring the nation’s positive and negative ‘energy’, by which they mean ‘things they are saying on Twitter’, they’ll turn the London Eye into a giant pie…

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    EngageU Recognition of Distinction for Maths Busking

    By Katie Steckles. Posted July 23, 2012

    Maths Busking, Leeds City Centre (photo by Kevin Houston)

    The Maths Busking project recently won a Recognition of Distinction at the EngageU awards. As one of the Maths Busking team, I’d like to shout about this, so here’s a quick interview I had with the project’s director Sara Santos about the award and the project. What is Maths Busking? Sara: Maths Busking is a…

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    Math/Maths 105: Dolphins, Fruit flies & Lizard-inspired Robots

    By Peter Rowlett. Posted July 22, 2012

    A new episode of the Math/Maths Podcast has been released. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: approximate number sense – in humans and bred into fruit flies; Dolphins Appear to do Nonlinear Mathematics; What does the way you count on your fingers say…

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    Insect numeracy standards overtake KS2

    By Katie Steckles. Posted July 20, 2012

    In what must surely now be described as a classic maths news item, yet another species of animal has joined the ranks of things which can determine rank. This time it’s the humble fruit fly’s turn to tap its hoof the correct number of times, as these articles in The Metro and Nature (the two…

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    Arty Maths, Pictures

    Reframe

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted July 20, 2012

    Reframe by Adam Scales, Pierre Berthelomeau, Paul van den Berg.

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    Arty Maths, Pictures

    Capula Expanded Dodecahedron by Pedro Reyes

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted July 20, 2012

    Capula Expanded Dodecahedron, by Pedro Reyes

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    London Mathematical Society Prizes 2012

    By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted July 20, 2012

    The London Mathematical Society has announced the recipients of its prizes, to be presented at the Society’s AGM in November.

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